Challenge

Lekparken
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cyryl Kiewra got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Lekparken FC's Cyryl Kiewra got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sigge Holmberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 10 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sigge Holmberg. Lekparken FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Sigge Holmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 13th minute of the match. When Felix Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Felix Montenegro couldn't finish the play. Sigge Holmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agustín Saelices in the 17th minute of play. Taha Ali's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Taha Ali helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Lekparken FC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Taha Ali hit a great ball. In the 19th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sigge Holmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sigge Holmberg having to interfere. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cyryl Kiewra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute, Erling Boklund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cyryl Kiewra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sigge Holmberg having to interfere. In the 44th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Lekparken FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. After recieving a nice pass, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita tried to score from far away in the 46th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Sigge Holmberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 57 minutes into the match, Luis Andino dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Sigge Holmberg, 0-4. Felix Montenegro had several of the Lekparken FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 62 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Sigge Holmberg as he didn't even see the shot coming. The audience was convinced that Måns Stålman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Sigge Holmberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Erling Boklund hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Lekparken FC's Taha Ali got his second yellow card of the match in the 74th minute. The referee ordered Taha Ali off the ground. Taha Ali kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 88th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Zorita to maneuver through the defense. The Lekparken FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.